Elizabeth Lewis

Alternate Names

She sailed to America with her children in 1849 on the ship Buena Vista. The ship manifest shows her name as as "Eliza Lewis."

Her birth date is confirmed by her obituaries. In the 1850 Utah census she is shown as "Elizabeth Jones." (She had married Dan Jones at Salt Lake City in December 1849.) In the 1860 Utah census she is listed as "Elizth Lewis." Listed with her on that census are her two children fathered by Dan Jones. They are listed with the surname of "Lewis."